Big Soup

design.coop is the creative website of Calverts, the communications co-operative.

We design and produce integrated print and web based media. Our studio teams deliver effective and striking visual identities, outdoor visuals and exhibitions, marketing campaigns, websites and high quality, sustainable, cost effective print.

+44 (0)20 7739 1474
info@calverts.coop
9-10 The Oval
Bethnal Green
London E2 9DT

our approach

Design for the real world

What kind of designers are we? Sensitive, creative, expert, attentive and absolutely professional, say clients.

When you work with Calverts, you're not buying a Calverts house style. You're tapping into a flexible resource of experience, creativity and project management know how which will deliver your visuals, campaigns, publications, websites and marketing collateral on time, on budget and on brand.

Designing for the real world means developing solutions that are not just beautiful and engaging, but also mindful of resources and people. We work with our clients to deliver printed and electronic communications that are financially and environmentaly sustainable. To us, this means no wasted words, no wasted materials and no wasted effort; or, as someone once said, designing on the principle that 'less is more'.

we like this

Little Press

Take some cast metal type, add parts of a radio cassette player, a wooden block, some assorted rods, a little copper, and a large helping of creative nous to get this fantastic little letterpress machine. Click here to see a short video on the project or here for more detail.

Identity design

Cream of Conscience Soup

We designed and built this big can of soup for Liberty. It was filled with letters of protest against Westminster Council's plan to ban soup runs in central London.

In the letters, Liberty's director, Shami Chakrabarti, writes: "We urge you to vote against this proposal which will use the threat of criminal sanction to shut down charitable organisations assisting the most vulnerable in our community."

She adds: "Soup runs perform an important function, providing a safety net of food provision and a means by which to reach the most socially excluded people."

As it says on the can - it's our soup and we'll share it if we want to. Read more on Liberty's website